An American Ascent (2014)

An American Ascent documents the first African American expedition to tackle Denali North Americas highest peak and explores the complex relationship many AfricanAmericans have with the outdoors As the United States transitions to a minority majority nation a staggering number of people of color do not identify with Americas wild places By embarking on the grueling multiweek climb of the 20327ft Denali nine AfricanAmerican climbers set out to bridge this adventure gap challenging outdated notions of what adventure looks like by changing the face of Americas biggest and baddest mountain on the 100th anniversary of its first summit